Orton Effect

[dennylee60]

Couple days ago I saw an article over at lifehacker.com on Orton Effect so I tried it with a few images. Any comments?

[Greg McCary]

I am a big fan of the Orton effect. I never thought about using his technique in PS though. I think the first one works very well. I like what you have done and it has strong similarities to his work. I feel that #2 is a great composition and has an artistic feel to it but is a little to bright. But nice work on them both. You should invest in his book. I have experimented with some of his double exposure techniques, and it was quite fun,
Greg

[Don Schaeffer]

I've used that method too. Sometimes it works very well. Sometimes it cheapen the image like guilding a lilly. I like the way it works on you first image. The secod one looks overexposed to me.

[mjs1973]

If you do a search in the Forums for Orton, you will find some other examples of this technique, including some from myself.

I like the technique, but like a lot of things in photography, it can be over used. Much like a fisheye lens. The affect is great on some images, but I wouldn't want to look through an entire album of images shot with a fisheye.

I think this technique works well for the two images you have here. I too think the 2nd image is a little to hot, and could be toned down a bit. I think the coposition works well for both images. Keep up the good work.

[Didache]

Thank you very much for this thread! I had never heard of the Orton Effect before, but it has sparked my interest quite a lot. I shall certainly be experimenting with it. Just for fun - my first effort (although I realise that it works best for flowers etc).

Cheers
Mike

[dennylee60]

Thanks everyone. It is kind of fun using this effect and makes somewhat boring image more interesting.

I re-edited the second image.

[gahspidy]

Not bad. The first image has a good result. The second attempt at the second image came out very well. Aside from the somewhat magenta and cyanish colors in the sky, it looks quite nice.

[Mr Yuck]

That's a really cool effect thanks for sharing. I really like #1

(I'll definately have to play with that effect)

[MarcusK]

Your first try is the best (much like everyone pointed out) and although your second attempt at the second works much better, i still would say its somewhat "bland" (the only word that came to mind sorry...)

Although, in the first, i would liked it better if that shape behind the leaves was not there, and if the horizon was level (which i wonder why no one mentioned??)

But the effect was very well executed! Bravo!

Marc

[GB1]

Thanks everyone. It is kind of fun using this effect and makes somewhat boring image more interesting.

I re-edited the second image.

This is really good. It looks like a sleepy, carefree summer day at the beach . I wish there was a tad more sky here but it is very good as is. This Orton effect seems to create a halo of sorts around the original objects: I think this can work for a lot of photos.

GB